The community Founders & Investors Dubai now has a new website on its main domain. Its job is to help people understand the community, the kinds of meetings held here, and where to begin.
The website as a first conversation
The page brings together different ways to join club life: business meetings, intimate dinners, Random Coffee, sports, and other formats. Cards can be filtered by interest. The next step leads to the community’s Telegram, where people learn about participation terms and available meetings.
I wanted that introduction to follow a clear sequence. First, what the community is about and the people you can meet. Then, the ways of connecting. After that, clear steps for a new member and answers to the main questions.
This is the community’s public website in a preserved local copy. You can examine its actual typography, navigation, and presentation of club information.
Founders Dubai homepage
Archived interface · demo data
From a separate version to the main address
On 7 October 2026, the website was separated from the shared Founders & Investors project and launched at site.foundersdubai.biz. The first standalone version was static. Later, the club and studio websites gained a shared Astro and EmDash foundation while retaining different pages and designs.
On 19 October, the current club version moved to foundersdubai.biz. That stage became the date of this case study. The move involved the main address, alongside which other services were already operating. So the task was not just to show a new page: Studio, CRM, and the Telegram bot needed to keep working.
What was checked during the move
The release record documents checks of the main domain, the former subdomain, Studio’s Russian and English versions, material links, and canonical addresses. Studio pages matched their originals after the switch. The move itself required neither database migration nor deletion of old data.
The formats section is open below: it helps explain what the community offers. This copy does not send real applications.
Meeting formats
Archived interface · demo data
For me, this website is part of broader work with Founders Dubai. The public page introduces the community, CRM supports its processes, and Studio handles a separate product direction. They share an environment but have different jobs; that distinction had to survive in both the interface and code.
The first standalone launch was on a subdomain on 7 October; the move to the main address was on 19 October. The visitor’s path stays simple: understand the community, choose an interesting format, and continue in Telegram. Studio and CRM serve other purposes and are described separately.
Open Founders & Investors Dubai.
Related stories: The studio and our work together · F&I Studio website · Founders community CRM.
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